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Reformat most common surnames

Reformat copy-pasted table into a list of the most common surnames

Start file
Surname  	Approx Number  	% Frequency  	Rank  
SMITH	 2,501,922	1.006	1
JOHNSON	 2,014,470	0.81	2
WILLIAMS	 1,738,413	0.699	3
JONES	 1,544,427	0.621	4
BROWN	 1,544,427	0.621	5
DAVIS	 1,193,760	0.48	6
MILLER	 1,054,488	0.424	7
WILSON	 843,093	0.339	8
MOORE	 775,944	0.312	9
TAYLOR	 773,457	0.311	10
End file
1. Smith
2. Johnson
3. Williams
4. Jones
5. Brown
6. Davis
7. Miller
8. Wilson
9. Moore
10. Taylor

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1,11c1,10
< Surname  	Approx Number  	% Frequency  	Rank  
< SMITH	 2,501,922	1.006	1
< JOHNSON	 2,014,470	0.81	2
< WILLIAMS	 1,738,413	0.699	3
< JONES	 1,544,427	0.621	4
< BROWN	 1,544,427	0.621	5
< DAVIS	 1,193,760	0.48	6
< MILLER	 1,054,488	0.424	7
< WILSON	 843,093	0.339	8
< MOORE	 775,944	0.312	9
< TAYLOR	 773,457	0.311	10
---
> 1. Smith
> 2. Johnson
> 3. Williams
> 4. Jones
> 5. Brown
> 6. Davis
> 7. Miller
> 8. Wilson
> 9. Moore
> 10. Taylor

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#125 Oliver Christ / 0liverChrist - Score: 41 - 10/05/13 @ 21:46 
ddl<C-V>G<End>u:%s/\s.*<CR>:%s/^/\=line(".").'. '<CR>ZZ

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#126 ltn614 / ltn614 - Score: 41 - 09/28/15 @ 10:52 
dd:%s/\t.*<CR>l<C-V>($~:%s/^/\=line('.').". "<CR>ZZ

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#127 nicolas bo / thevegeta - Score: 42 - 11/09/11 @ 13:52 
dd:%s/\s\+\d.*$<CR>guggi0. <Esc>qq0<C-A>yWW~j0Pq9@qZZ

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#128 Tom Adams / holizz - Score: 43 - 12/29/10 @ 01:00 
dd:%!cut -f1<CR>:%norm guu~<CR>:%!nl -w1 -s.\ <CR>ZZ

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#129 Skúli Jóhannsson / skulibj - Score: 43 - 06/28/15 @ 20:17 
:%s/\s.*$//g<CR>Vgg~<C-V>G~ddi1. <Esc>qq0yf <CR>P0<C-A>q8@qZZ

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#130 Dezső Zoltán / zakiazigazi - Score: 44 - 01/22/11 @ 08:18 
dd:%!awk '{print NR".",$1}'<CR>qaww<Right>guwj0q9@aZZ

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#131 Pedro Franceschi / pedroh96 - Score: 44 - 02/06/13 @ 02:15 
ddqa0lve~eld$I1. <Esc>jq9@a:2<CR>qqkvyj"_xP<C-A>jq8@qZZ

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#132 lionel young / lionelyoung - Score: 46 - 12/29/10 @ 00:18 
dd:%s/\s.*//<CR>i10. <Esc>qs^yWWl9~k^P^<C-X>q8@sWl9~ZZ

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#133 Ben Lenarts / benlenarts - Score: 46 - 12/29/10 @ 15:36 
dd:%s/\v(\w)(\w*).*\t(\d*)/\3. \1\L\2/<CR>:wq<CR>

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#134 Peter Krenn / peterkrenn - Score: 47 - 12/29/10 @ 01:17 
dd:%s/\v(\u)(\u ).*\s(\d )$/\3. \1\L\2/<CR>:wq<CR>

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#135 Mike Plotz / antisuji - Score: 47 - 12/29/10 @ 03:04 
dd:%s/\(\w\ \).*\s\(\d\ \)/\2. \1<CR>llll~h<C-V>gg$~ZZ

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#136 Soliman Sylvain / sylvain_soliman - Score: 47 - 12/29/10 @ 17:46 
dd:%s/\(.\)\(.*\)<C-V><Tab> .*<C-V><Tab>\(\d*\)$/\3. \1\L\2/<CR>ZZ

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#137 ise0615 / ise0615 - Score: 47 - 05/04/12 @ 17:32 
dd:%s/\(.\)\(.*\)\t .*\t\(\d*\)$/\3. \1\L\2/<CR>ZZ

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#138 Simon Brown / caelyxsec - Score: 49 - 12/29/10 @ 06:38 
dd:%s/^\(.\)\(\w*\).*\s\(\d*\)$/\3. \1\L\2/<CR>ZZ

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#139 Lasse Højgaard / lhojgaard - Score: 49 - 12/29/10 @ 13:17 
dd<C-V>GuVG~:%s/^\(.*\)\W\W.*\W\(.*\)/\2\. \1/g<CR>ZZ

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#140 Felipe Jaramillo F / mrfelipe - Score: 49 - 04/16/14 @ 03:33 
ddqqq1iq. u<Esc>ui1. <Esc>0qqwwlvwuwd$beld$0yW<CR>P0<C-A>q10@qZZ

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#141 Przemysław Pawełczyk / przemoc86 - Score: 50 - 12/30/10 @ 22:52 
!Gsed '1d;s/\(\w*\).*\t\([0-9]*\)$/\2. \L\u\1/'<CR>ZZ

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#142 Dave / zzdave13 - Score: 51 - 07/15/11 @ 13:31 
ddguG:%s/\(\w\+\).*/\u\1/<NL>:%s/^/\=line('.').'. '<NL>ZZ

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#143 theshadowhost / theshadowhost - Score: 54 - 12/29/10 @ 13:53 
dd:%s/\s.*$//<CR>ggI1. <Esc>ll~~~~jqaI<C-Y><C-Y><C-Y><Esc>2lve~^<C-A>jq10@a:x<CR>

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#144 Luke Ledet / lukeledet - Score: 54 - 12/29/10 @ 15:21 
dd:%s/\(\w\)\(\w*\).\{-}\(\d*\)$/\3\. \1\L\2/g<CR>:wq<CR>

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#145 Justin Knag / justinknag - Score: 55 - 08/30/14 @ 01:15 
ddl<C-V>Gell~:%s/\s.*<CR>:%s/^/\=line(.).'. '<CR><CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>"<Right>"<CR>ZZ

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#146 Aaron Bull Schaefer / elasticdog - Score: 58 - 12/29/10 @ 15:44 
dd:%s/\s.*<CR>Vgg~gv<C-V>~gvI1. <Esc>j<C-A>jr3jr4jr5jr6jr7jr8jr9ja0<Esc>ZZ

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#147 Chris Doble / chrisdoble - Score: 58 - 12/30/10 @ 00:27 
ddqqVu~f<Tab>d$<Down>^q9@q:g/^/exec "s/^/".line(".").". /g"<CR>ZZ

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#148 Duda Dornelles / dudadornelles - Score: 59 - 12/29/10 @ 00:22 
dd:%s/^\(\w\)\(\w\ \).*\(\d\d\=\)\n/\3. \1\L\2\r<CR>ddi1<Esc>ZZ

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#149 Arto Vuori / dhpe - Score: 65 - 08/30/12 @ 20:28 
dd:%s/\([A-Z]\+\).*/\1/<CR>qalve~k0q9@a:%s/^/\?<BS>=line(".") . ". "<CR>ZZ

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#150 ivarv / ivarv - Score: 69 - 12/29/10 @ 08:38 
ddqalg~wwd$<Esc>j-jq9@a:%s/^/. /<CR>:%!cat -n<CR>:%s/\s\+//<CR>:%s/\./\. /<CR>:wq<CR>

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#151 jonlorusso / jonlorusso - Score: 88 - 12/30/10 @ 00:04 
dd:%s/\(\w\)\(\w*\).*/\1\L\2/<CR>:<BS>:g/^/exec "s/^/".strpart(line(".").". ", 0, 4)<CR>:wq<CR>

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#152 Josh / karlw00t - Score: 106 - 12/29/10 @ 01:03 
<Esc>ddi1<Esc>qqa. <Esc>llvf ~f hd$<Esc>j0qi2<Esc>@qi3<Esc>@q<Esc>i4<Esc>@qi5<Esc>@q<Esc>i6<Esc>@q<Esc>7<Esc>i7<Esc>@q<Esc>i8<Esc>@q<Esc>9i9<Esc>@q<Esc>uu<Esc><Esc><Esc>i9<Esc>@qi19<Esc>i0<Del><Esc>@q<Esc>:wq<CR>

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#153 drio / drio - Score: 144 - 12/31/10 @ 13:03 
dd<C-V>jjjjjjjjjjllllllu<C-V>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjUw<C-V>10jwwwwwllld3Gwdw..1Gw<C-V>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjld<Esc>0P<Esc>:%s/\s/. /<CR><Esc>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left>\+$<Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><CR><Esc>lli. <Esc>$D<Esc>:x<CR>

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#154 Stephen Paul Weber / singpolyma - Score: 168 - 12/29/10 @ 02:33 
:%s/\s.*$//g<CR><Right>gu$<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>.<Up>ddI. <Esc><Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>.<Down>I10<Esc><Up>I9<Esc><Up>I8<Esc><Up>I7<Esc><Up>I6<Esc><Up>I5<Esc><Up>I4<Esc><Up>I3<Esc><Up>I2<Esc><Up>I1<Esc>:wq<CR>

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#155 Mike Cooper / mythmon - Score: 193 - 12/29/10 @ 23:38 
dd:%s/\(.*\)\t.(<BS>*\t.*\t\(.*\)$/\2. \1/g<CR>Vkkkkkkkkkkkk:%s/[<BS>\([A-Z]\)\(.*\)/\1\L\2/<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><CR>:wq<CR>

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